Cash Management Status Analysis and Cash ConcentrationSAP Best Practices Baseline Package

SAP Best Practices

Scenario Overview – 1

Purpose The cash position overview provides information on the current financial state of the bank

accounts. It is the starting point for cash concentration in which the balances from various bank

accounts are concentrated in one target account, taking minimum balances and payment optimization into consideration.

The example in this document shows a posting process that affects liquidity (customer invoice and incoming payment).

It presents the main functions for retrieving information about the liquidity status.

Benefits Cash Management in SAP ERP Financials provides three basic functions: Quickly and reliably transfers all cash-relevant information from internal and external sources

into the cash management system (inbound data) Performs analysis and reporting of current and future cash flows to help you make cash

management decisions (analysis and decision) Communicates with banks and other business partners based on the results of the decision

process (outbound data).

Key process flows covered Cash Management Status Analysis and Cash Concentration.

Purpose and Benefits:

Scenario Overview – 2

Required SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

Company roles involved in process flows Treasurer Accounts Payable Accountant Bank Accountant

SAP Applications Required:

Scenario Overview – 3

Posting of a vendor invoice in local and foreign currency. Posting of a customer invoice in local currency (from a sales order). Posting of planning items and memo records. Execution of the report showing cash position and the liquidity forecast. All

posted documents will be displayed on the value date basis. After posting the manual bank statement, the flow between the planning

levels will be demonstrated. Due to the actual postings of the bank statement, the memo records will be

archived automatically (by using a special report). The function of cash concentration will illustrate how to identify the relevant

amounts and transfer them from one account to another.

Detailed Process Description:

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Symbol Description Usage Comments

Band: Identifies a user role, such as Accounts Payable Clerk or Sales Representative. This band can also identify an organization unit or group, rather than a specific role.

The other process flow symbols in this table go into these rows. You have as many rows as required to cover all of the roles in the scenario.

Role band contains tasks common to that role.

External Events: Contains events that start or end the scenario, or influence the course of events in the scenario.

Flow line (solid): Line indicates the normal sequence of steps and direction of flow in the scenario.Flow line (dashed): Line indicates flow to infrequently-used or conditional tasks in a scenario. Line can also lead to documents involved in the process flow.

Connects two tasks in a scenario process or a non-step event

Business Activity / Event: Identifies an action that either leads into or out of the scenario, or an outside Process that happens during the scenario

Does not correspond to a task step in the document

Unit Process: Identifies a task that is covered in a step-by-step manner in the scenario

Corresponds to a task step in the document

Process Reference: If the scenario references another scenario in total, put the scenario number and name here.

Corresponds to a task step in the document

Sub-Process Reference: If the scenario references another scenario in part, put the scenario number, name, and the step numbers from that scenario here

Corresponds to a task step in the document

Process Decision: Identifies a decision / branching point, signifying a choice to be made by the end user. Lines represent different choices emerging from different parts of the diamond.

Does not usually correspond to a task step in the document; Reflects a choice to be made after step execution

Symbol Description Usage Comments

To next / From last Diagram: Leads to the next / previous page of the Diagram

Flow chart continues on the next / previous page

Hardcopy / Document: Identifies a printed document, report, or form

Does not correspond to a task step in a document; instead, it is used to reflect a document generated by a task step; this shape does not have any outgoing flow lines

Financial Actuals: Indicates a financial posting document

Does not correspond to a task step in a document; instead, it is used to reflect a document generated by a task step; this shape does not have any outgoing flow lines

Budget Planning: Indicates a budget planning document

Does not correspond to a task step in a document; instead, it is used to reflect a document generated by a task step; this shape does not have any outgoing flow lines

Manual Process: Covers a task that is manually done

Does not generally correspond to a task step in a document; instead, it is used to reflect a task that is manually performed, such as unloading a truck in the warehouse, which affects the process flow.

Existing Version / Data: This block covers data that feeds in from an external process

Does not generally correspond to a task step in a document; instead, this shape reflects data coming from an external source; this step does not have any incoming flow lines

System Pass / Fail Decision: This block covers an automatic decision made by the software

Does not generally correspond to a task step in the document; instead it is used to reflect an automatic decision by the system that is made after a step has been executed.

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